Two new staff members hired this fall are already having a significant positive impact on the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s community, particularly for Indigenous students.

Mishiikenh (Vernon Altiman) joined Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre in Oct. as an Elder-in-Residence and Cultural Counsellor, a new role which sees him meeting with students and supporting Indigenous cultural ceremonies. His hiring diversifies the voices at Four Directions, as he is the only Anishinaabe man working in the centre.

Mr. Altiman카지노 게임 컬렉션�s career has been focused on traditional healing practices, specifically in mental health. He was summoned by the Elders to complete a Master카지노 게임 컬렉션�s of Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy Program through Seven Generations Education Institute in Fort Frances, Ontario. The institute is connected to the World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium (WINHEC), and is affiliated with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s.

Mr. Altiman moved back to Kingston last year to work with the federal penitentiaries, and while in town he became involved in the local Indigenous community through Four Directions.

He began helping the centre with its Ojibway language programming and, through the connections he made at Four Directions, Mr. Altiman heard that Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s was seeking an Ojibway language teacher.

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A few months later, Mr. Altiman also took on the Elder and Cultural Counsellor roles with Four Directions. He says there are some similarities in providing guidance to students and his past work.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�The difference is that the students are willing and seeking the knowledge,카지노 게임 컬렉션� he says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�There are different objectives, different teachings that are used카지노 게임 컬렉션�and it is open and free.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Since joining Four Directions, Mr. Altiman has had the opportunity to present to medical and education students, and help organize Indigenous ceremonies on campus including smudging. Annually, he participates in ceremonies such as the Sun Dance, which involves four days without food or water and a trial of physical endurance.

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Meanwhile, in the Faculty of Education, Bezhig Waabshke Ma카지노 게임 컬렉션�iingan Gewetiigaabo (Deborah St Amant) is applying new technologies to Indigenous traditions. Ms. St Amant (Ed카지노 게임 컬렉션�82) describes the largest part of her role as a 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Cyber Elder카지노 게임 컬렉션�, where she virtually connects with students in the Master of Education in Aboriginal and World Indigenous Educational Studies (AWIES) and the faculty카지노 게임 컬렉션�s doctorate programs.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�When the AWIES students get together in the summer, they really like that sense of community,카지노 게임 컬렉션� Ms. St Amant says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�When they leave Kingston 카지노 게임 컬렉션� headed to Whitehorse, to Moosonee, and every other part of Canada 카지노 게임 컬렉션� they lose that connection to their student learning community. The relationship is so important in any Indigenous culture카지노 게임 컬렉션�it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s all about the relationship and being able to see the person.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

To help foster those relationships with the students, she holds regular video calls 카지노 게임 컬렉션� and, starting in January, she hopes to start a virtual 카지노 게임 컬렉션�talking circle카지노 게임 컬렉션� with the entire group simultaneously connected to the same video call. Ms. St Amant is also on-campus twice a month specifically to support students in the Aboriginal Teachers Education Program (ATEP) or other faculty, staff, and students seeking an Elder.

She says Indigenous students face a number of barriers in the education system, and it can be helpful to have an Elder who can counsel them and vouch for them.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�A lot of the discussions I have are about the challenges of doing this work online as an Indigenous person; about social, familial, and funding barriers; barriers within the education system and cultural misunderstandings; and the intergenerational trauma that was caused by the residential school system,카지노 게임 컬렉션� she says. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Those who have not experienced some of these hurdles cannot understand their impact, but I am able to help them clear these hurdles.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Ms. St Amant, who possesses both Métis and Ojibway heritage, worked as a teacher for three decades before retiring in 2012 카지노 게임 컬렉션� skills which have served her well as Elder-in-Residence in an academic environment. Since starting in her part-time role in October, there has been significant demand for her time.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�This is an important role, and it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a great step for the faculty. I something like this was available when I was a student.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The Elder-in-Residence position within the Faculty of Education was established with the support of Oriel MacLennan in memory of her mother, Edwina Diaper (MEd카지노 게임 컬렉션�82), who was a teacher in the Kingston community for many years. Learn more about this position on the Faculty of Education카지노 게임 컬렉션�s .